Treat illegal immigrants like criminals

Saturday

Mar 24, 2012 at 3:03 PM

In the Globe-News (March 4), an article described the new detention center in South Texas that makes me mad. The federal government has built a facility to house the illegals caught. According to the article, these illegals will have television, free telephone, basketball courts and a weight room, with no restrictions on movement within the facility.

These are illegals. No wonder we are being overrun and it is impossible to secure our borders. This facility will provide more for these people than they ever had in their home country. They cross our borders uninvited and we treat them as guests. Even when they are not caught, and through deception, we provide them with free housing, or at the most low-cost housing, food stamps, free medical, and an income that is taken out of a supposedly dedicated fund (Social Security).

It is time for the taxpaying citizens who pay for all of this to take a stand. If illegals are caught, they should be treated as lawbreakers, not guests. We should be vocal in this election year and let those who are running for federal office know that we are fed up with providing these illegals with more than they ever had before. The only way we get more than we had before is by working for it.

Raymond Skelton

Amarillo

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